Combined stake-pocket and shaft-bearing.



PATENTED JUNE 4, 1907. R. E. FRAME.

POCKET AND SHAFT BEARING. AEPLIOATION FILED Apn.4,19o7.

COMBINED STAKE 2 SHEETS-SHET 1.

PATENTED JAUNE 4, 1907; v R. E. FRAME. A COMBINED SNAKE POGKBT AND SHAFT BEARING.

APPLIoATIoN FILED' APR.4,1907.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

fahne/a anys' UNITED sTATns PATENT onirica,

vROBERT E. FRAME, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN CAR &

FOUNDRY COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF MEIN JERSEY.

No. 855,943.v

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 4, 1907.

Application led April 4, 1907. Serial No. 366.343.

To all whom it may oncrn:

Be it known that I, ROBERT E. FRAME, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Combined Stake- Pockets and Shaft-Bearings, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a dump car provided with my combined stake pocket and shaft bearing; Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view taken through the side of the car; Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross sectional view of my improved device showing it in operative position; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the two members which constitute my improved device.

This invention relates to stake pockets, and particularly to the side stake pockets that are used on side door dump cars.

The object of my invention is to provide a combined stake pocket and shaft bearing which is so constructed that the side stakes can all be erected and the door-operating shaft can thereafter be arranged in place.

Briefly described, my improved device consists of a member for receiving a side stake and a shaft bearing member detachably connected to said stake member and secured in place .by one of the devices that is used for connecting said stakepocketmember to the car frame.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a side stake of a dump car provided with a side door 2 that is operated by a shaft 3 extending longitudinally of the car.

The device which represents the preferred form ,of my invention is shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and consists of a stake pocketmember 4 and a shaft bearing member 5.V detachably connected thereto. The stake pocket member is provided in its front wall with anopening 6 above which is an outwardly projecting portion 7' the inner side of which constitutes a shoulder or rib 8 that co-operates with a book 9 at the upper end of the shaft bearing member 5, the upper end of said member 5 projecting into the opening 6 in the stake pocket member,l as shown in Fig. 3. The\ member fis provided with a portion l0 .to

receive the shaft 3, and the lower portion of said member 5 is arranged between lugs 11 on the stake ocket member, said lugs being provided wit grooves 12 that receive a U bolt 13, the shaft bearing member 5 also.

being provided at its lower end with a groove 6o 11a to receive this .same U bolt.

At the upper end of the stake pocket member is a dange having a groove in wliichis arranged a U olt 14 and when placing the device in position the stake ocket 41s firstse- 6 5 cured tothe side sill 15 o the car, as shown in Fig. 2, by means of this u per U bolt 14, all of the side stakes being eected and held in position in this manner. The longitudinally extending shaft 3 is then arranged in 70 place and the uplper ends of the mem ers 5 are inserted in t e openings 6 in the stake pockets so that the hooks 9 on said members will engage the shoulders 8 onthe front walls of the stake pockets, the lower U bolts 13 be- 75 ing then put in place and secured to the side sill 15 or other part of the car frame, thereby clamping the shaft bearing member to the stake pocket and alsov securely fastening the stake pocket to the frame of the car.

If desired, the members 4 and 5 can be assembled before the member 4 is placed in poxsition to hold the stake so that when the shaft is to be put in place, the member 5 can be swung upwardly on the lip S as a fulcrum,

said lip and the hook 9 on the member 5 forming a pivotal connection between the 'members 4 and 5.

The stake pockets which have heretofore Ibeen in general use were so constructed that 9o l the door-operating shaft had to be arranged in position at the same time the stakes were erected and this added greatly to the cost of constructing the car owing to the fact that a Workman had to be stationed at each stake.

My improved device obviates this as the door-operating shaft is not arranged in position until after all the stakes have been erected.

Another desirable feature of my construcroo tion is that it enables the door-operating shaft to be removed at any timewithout taking down the side stakes.

Having thus described rmy invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters 1,05`

Patent is:

.ing said shaft bearing member in 1. A' combined stake pocket and shaft bearing, consisting of a member for receiving a stake, and a shaft. bearing member detachably connected to the stake pocket member; vsubstantially as described.

2. A combined stake pocket and shaft bearing, consisting of a member for receiving a stake,and a shaft bearing memberpivotally connected, to the stakepocket member; substantially as described.

3. A combined stake pocket and shaft bearing, consisting of a member for receiving a stake, and a movable shaft bearing member bearing member in position; substantially as.

l described.

6. A device of the character described, comprising' a stake pocket member, a shaft bearing memberA arranged on the outer face of said stake pocket member and movable relatively thereto, and means for securing said shaft bearing member. in position; substantially as described.

7. A' device of the character described, comprising a'stake pocket'niember provided in its front wall with an opening, a shaft bearing member having aportion which enters said opening andy engages the inside face of the front Wall of the stake pocket member, and means for lsecuring 4said shaft bearing member in position; substantially .as described.

. 8. A device'of the character described, comprising'a stake pocket member, a movable shaft bearing member carried by the stake pocket member. and means on the stake pocket member for-D preventing lateral movement of the shaft bearing member; substantially as described.

9. A device of the character described, comprising a stake pocket member, a shaft bearing member pivotally connected at one end to the front wall of the stake pocket member, and lugs on said stake pocket member between which the shaft carrying member is arrangerd substantially as described.

- 10. A device of the character described, l

comprising a stake pocket member provided. ,in its .front wall: with a transversely extending'opening, a shaft bearing member having a l portionfwliichlirbjects into said opening, and

means for secuimg said shaft bearing member in position; substantially as described.

1l. A device of the character described, comprising a stake pocket member provided in its front wall with an opening, a shaft bearing member provided at one end with a hook which enters said opening and engages a rib on the inside of the iront wall of the stake pocket member, and means engaging the oppcsite-end of said shaft bearing member for securing it in position; substantially as described.

12. A device of the character described, comprising a stake pocket member, means for securing said member to the frame of a Icar, a movable shaft carrying member connected at its upper end to the front wall of the stake pocket member, anda ,device eX- tending across said shaft carrying member and secured to the frame of the car for lockin said shaft carrying member in position; su stantially as described.

13. A device of the character described,

U bolt whichconnects it to the frame of a car, a shaft bearing member provided at its upper end with a portion that projects into an opening in the front wall of the stake 4comprising a stake pocket member provided at its upper end with a groove to receive apocket member, grooved lugs on the stake .l

pocket member between which the lower end portion of the shaft bearing member is arranged, and a U bolt extending across the 'shaft bearing member and arranged in the grooves of said lug and\ provided at its ends f with nuts 'for securing it to the frame of the car; substantially as described. y f 14'. A device of .the character described,

comprising a stake pocket memb'er, and a movable shaft bearing member arranged on the front wall of the stake pocket member and secured in position by one of the devices which connects the stake pocket member to the frame of the car; substantially as de-4 scribed.

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15. A car comprising side stakes. a hinged. I

side door, stake pockets for securing saidside stakes tp the frame of the car, movable shaft IIO bearing members mounted on the front walls resence of two witnesses, 

